Phillip Robinson, Crack Cocaine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2020

PITTSBURGH, PA – Ten residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been charged in three separate, but related, Indictments with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny County region, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

The Indictments, returned on May 19, are related to the narcotics trafficking activities of several associates of a neighborhood street gang known as "11 Hunnit" operating in the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh and beyond.

Phillip Robinson (aka "Pape"), a 30-year-old resident of Pittsburgh, PA, is charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base (in the form commonly known as "crack") in the Western District of Pennsylvania, from in and around January 2020, and continuing thereafter until in and around May 2020.

Phillip Robinson faces a maximum total sentence of not less than five years and up to 40 years of imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000, or both.

The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (Bureau of Narcotics Investigations), and also included the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office and the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.

Assistant United States Attorney Jerome A. Moschetta is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

The Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force investigation into narcotics trafficking in the City of Pittsburgh and greater Allegheny County region is ongoing.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/ten-indicted-following-greater-pittsburgh-safe-streets-task-force-investigation-drug